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Bette Atkinson Obituary
Visitation with family and friends will be Friday, May 3 at 10-11 am at Greene Funeral Home Northwest Chapel, 2133 Ebenezer Road, Rock Hill, SC The graveside service will be Friday, May 3 at ll:30 am at Grandview Memorial Park-Cherry Road, 620 S. Cherry Road, Rock Hill, South Carolina.
A native of Rock Hill, SC, Mrs. Atkinson was the daughter of the late Albert B. Wylie and Elfrida Anderson Wylie and the widow of Samuel J. Atkinson.
She graduated from Winthrop Training School and from Winthrop College in 1954 with a two-year business degree. She worked as a secretary for the Celanese Corp., Rock Hill, SC; Daniel Construction Co. in the building of Bowaters Corp.; and retired after 35 years with the Duff-Norton Co., Charlotte, NC. She was a charter member of Oakland Baptist Church and a Hospice volunteer.
In her late seventies, Bette Anne moved to an independent living facility in Dallas, GA to be near her loving cousin and friend, Joyce Wallace and her husband, Gil Wallace.
Surviving are her caregivers and cousin Joyce G. Wallace and Gil Wallace; several other cousins; and nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Oakland Baptist Church, 1067 Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill, SC 29732 or charity of choice.
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Betty Gwin
May 2, 2019
My name is Betty Gwin and I was honored to carpool with Bette for a while at Duff Norton. Hard to imagine a world without her being here! How I loved to hear her laugh! So very sorry to learn she had passed.
May 2, 2019
I would like to express my sympathy to the family for your loss. May the God who comforts those that mourn sustain you during this difficult time. (Isaiah 61:1,2)
May 2, 2019
I am so sorry for your loss. May you receive strength and comfort from God. "He will make you firm, he will make you strong, he will firmly ground you." - 1Peter 5:10
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May
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10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Greene Funeral Home - Northwest Chapel2133 Ebenezer Road P.O. Box 37537, Rock Hill, SC 29732
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